Regarding woody plant responses on higher atmospheric inputs of the macronutrients nitrogen (N) and phosphorous (P) on tropical forests in the future, an adaptivemodification of wood anatomical traits on the cellular level of woody plants is expected. As part of an interdisciplinary nutrient manipulation experiment (NUMEX) carried out in Southern Ecuador, we present here the first descriptive a...

The hepatoprotective properties of Alchornea cordifolia, a medicinal plant was studied in hepatotoxicity induced animal model with high dose paracetamol or carbon tetrachloride. Knowing that antituberculosis drugs also represent risk factor for hepatotoxicity, could A. cordifolia play key role to limit their hepatotoxicity? objective this study assess the histological changes rat livers and evo...

A study was conducted to determine the chemical composition and nutritive value of boiled Christmas bush (Alchornea cordifolia) for starter broiler chickens. Dried fruits (Capsules + seed) were 30 minutes, sundried ground into meal. The meal analyzed proximate anti-nutritional factors incorporated diet at 0%, 15%, 20% 25% respectively. total 120 day old Marshall Strain chicks divided 12 pens ea...